Fresno’s update: Closed for remodeling

The Fresno’s Southwest Restaurant in Troy, which closed two weeks ago, is being remodeled and will reopen sometime in the winter with a new name, fresh look and different menu.

That’s according to an official with Galco Management in Syracuse, which owns the restaurant. The official asked to remain nameless, he told me, “because I don’t want every Tom, Dick and Harry calling me.” Uh, OK.

The company is trying to sell the building but will keep a restaurant on the site. Contrary to what I reported when Fresno’s closed, the new place will not be an Italian restaurant. It likely will include some Italian influences on the menu, the official said, but the fare will not be strictly Italian.

The official disputed a story in the Troy Record on Oct. 23 that, quoting the husband of an employee, alleged staff received no notice of the closure.

The restaurant is located at 377 River St., near the Green Island bridge.

Galco at one point owned several Fresno’s and Colorado Mine Co. Steakhouses in the Capital Region. All are now closed.